Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is now the fifth most prolific passer in NFL history.
Rodgers passed former Steelers star Ben Roethlisberger (64,088 career passing yards) for fifth on the league’s all-time leaderboard during Thursday night’s Week 7 road game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Rodgers went into Thursday having racked up 1,021 passing yards through his first five games as a Steeler.
He started out Week 7 by leading the Steelers on a game-opening touchdown drive capped off with a 10-yard pass to Jonnu Smith.
The veteran quarterback then threw interceptions on back-to-back drives as Joe Flacco and the Bengals grabbed the lead heading into the break.
He still finished the half with 118 passing yards, good to pass Roethlisberger’s mark for fifth on the all-time list.
Rodgers recorded the vast majority of his career passing yards with the Green Bay Packers, where he backed up Brett Favre for three seasons before starting for 15 more campaigns.
He left Green Bay after the 2022 season having recorded 59,055 passing yards, second only to Favre (61,655) for the most in franchise history.
The veteran quarterback then signed with the New York Jets. After missing almost the entirety of the 2023 season due to an Achilles injury, he returned in 2024 to record 3,897 passing yards in 17 starts with the franchise.
Rodgers, who will turn 42 in December, joined the Steelers this offseason on a one-year contract.
He is one of two active quarterbacks to rank among the top 10 on the NFL’s all-time passing yards leaderboard.
Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, who led the NFL through six weeks with 1,684 passing yards, could leapfrog Matt Ryan for No. 8 on the list by adding 1,300 more.
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